From favorites like jelly beans to cheeseburgers and oddities like cottage cheese with ketchup, Food & Wine reveals U.S. presidents' food obsessions to the American public.

Barack H. Obama (2009-Present)

Barack H. Obama (2009-Present)

A salty-sweet-dessert lover, one of President Obama’s favorite indulgences is Fran’s Smoked Salt Caramels — buttery caramels coated in milk chocolate and sprinkled with smoked sea salt. The President was introduced to the caramels by Democratic fund-raiser Cynthia Stroum: “He had it backstage before he came out to make his speech,” she told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in 2008. “As he was entering the stage, he saw me and whispered in my ear, 'Oh my, what were those? Those are phenomenal. I want more.' So that became my little treat for him.”

George W. Bush (2001-2009)

George W. Bush (2001-2009)

In July 2007, then White House chef Cristeta Comerford revealed that, "for dinner, the President loves what we call home-made 'cheeseburger pizzas' because every ingredient of a cheeseburger is on top of a margherita pizza."